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S ington Park have been laid out, and cin- 
ders delivered for their construction. The 
bluffs in this park have been planted with 
shrubs and trees and, although difficult to 
plant, very few of them have died. Al- 
together, the park is in an excellent condi- 
tion. A few improvements which were un- 
I der way in Horlick Park have been com- 
pleted, chief of these being the completion 
of paving of the drive, the widening of 
the south entrance of the park and the in- 
stallation of the boulevard and park light- 
I ing system throughout the entire park. The 
general maintenance of Lewis Field play- 
ground has been quite satisfactory, there 
being a constantly increasing number of 
boys and girls in attendance. Three new 
playgrounds have been laid out, the greater 
portion of the apparatus for these having 
been made in the repair shop at a minimum 
cost, and the commissioners plan to co- 
operate with the board of education to 
create playgrounds on the school grounds. 
The Forestry Department, created about a 
year ago, has planted a number of large 
trees for citizens on a cost basis, but with 
increased efficiency greater practical serv- 
ice of this kind could be rendered. 
Another interesting report comes from 
the Public Parks Board, of Winnipeg, 
Manitoba. In Assiniboine Park, provision 
was made for all forms of athletics, in- 
cluding lawn tennis, cricket, lawn bowling, 
lacrosse and football. The picnic grounds 
were improved and the equipment added 
to. In Sargent Avenue Athletic Field an 
open air swimming pool 75x150 feet was 
erected at a cost of $30,000. A running 
track, football, lacrosse and baseball 
grounds have all been provided for and 
graded and will be completed by the end 
of the season. Numerous improvements 
were carried out in Brookside Cemetery, 
including the erection of a bridge and 
grading a roadway across Colony Creek 
to provide access to the new single grave 
sections. The contract has been let to 
Lord and Burnham for materials for the 
first unit of a conservatory in Assiniboine 
Park and very soon citizens and visitors 
will be able to see tropical plants growing 
in the fiftieth parallel. The park board 
recently received the gift of a parcel com- 
prising 2.53 acres from the Inkster estate, 
to be used for park purposes and to be 
known as Seven Oaks Park. The foun- 
tain in Central Park, to be erected from 
the bequest of the late Emily M. Waddell, 
will probably be in operation this summer. 
Good progress was made on the improve- 
ments in the various parks under construc- 
tion, particularly with tree and shrub plant- 
ing. and the general maintenance of the 
parks has been such as to attract visitors 
in larger numbers than ever before. 
SWAN POINT CEMETERY AT PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
Swan Point Cemetery of Providence, 
R. I., recently published its annual report 
containing its charter, by-laws, rules and 
I regulations together with a complete state- 
ment of statistics, financial and otherwise. 
The report follows : 
“To the Proprietors of Swan Point Ceme- 
tery : 
“The Directors herewith present their 
sixty-sixth annual report for the year end- 
ing December 31, 1913. 
“We are again called upon to mourn 
the loss of a president. Mr. C. William 
Greene died suddenly on October 9, 1913, 
in the fifty-second year of his age and in 
his fifth year as president of the corpora- 
tion. The regard in which he was held 
by Ids associates is indicated by the fol- 
lowing extract from the minutes spread 
upon the records of the Board at the time 
of his death : ‘Mr. Greene was the es- 
teemed personal friend of every member 
of the Board, always courteous, always con- 
siderate, and always willing to undertake 
more than his share of the duties incum- 
bent upon its members. The close per- 
sonal intimacy with him enjoyed by the 
directors was one of the chief privileges 
of membership. Modesty, fidelity and 
thoughtful consideration, amounting to 
more than mere courtesy, were Mr. Greene’s 
marked characteristics. Every position of 
trust and responsibility which he occupied 
was accepted that he might render needed 
service, none that he might assume per- 
sonal prominence, or obtain public applause. 
Every obligation was quietly and scrupu- 
lously discharged, and in its discharge his 
uniform sympathy and consideration light- 
ened the burdens and made pleasant the 
tasks of those who worked with him or 
under him.’ 
